How long do we have to live apart from our spouses?

[mamalou 0]

It's October now and we are closer to 8 mos from filling our 1-130 and still case PENDING. It's so frustrating and depressing that until now we haven't receive our NOA2 yet. Soooo... unfair while we see others filed April, May, June got approved already without expedite. Wonder how Vermont approve everyone's case, I'd like to believe now they approving it at RANDOM not by FIFO -first in first out. And here we are, the waiting continues like eternity. How long can we stay apart from our spouses, ohhh, sick & tired here to just talk in the computer everyday, I hate the waiting....It's about time, VSC PLSSS APPROVE US & those that have been waiting for long time. :crying:

Sent : 1-130 - Feb 19 - NOA1 Recieved Feb 29, 2008 touched 4/17/2008..nothing fallows

1-129F - Mar 22 - NOA1 Recieved Mar 25,2008 touched 5/7, 5/8 ....nothing fallows

Case Status : PENDING

[jab1976 0]

It's October now and we are closer to 8 mos from filling our 1-130 and still case PENDING. It's so frustrating and depressing that until now we haven't receive our NOA2 yet. Soooo... unfair while we see others filed April, May, June got approved already without expedite. Wonder how Vermont approve everyone's case, I'd like to believe now they approving it at RANDOM not by FIFO -first in first out. And here we are, the waiting continues like eternity. How long can we stay apart from our spouses, ohhh, sick & tired here to just talk in the computer everyday, I hate the waiting....It's about time, VSC PLSSS APPROVE US & those that have been waiting for long time. :crying:

Sent : 1-130 - Feb 19 - NOA1 Recieved Feb 29, 2008 touched 4/17/2008..nothing fallows

1-129F - Mar 22 - NOA1 Recieved Mar 25,2008 touched 5/7, 5/8 ....nothing fallows

Case Status : PENDING

same here, i have been waiting since i filed my I 129f in march 18 2008, and i am still waiting for my noa2, i know exactly what you are going thru, all we can do is just pray to god that we receive our petition approval soon. in the mean time, i am planning to visit my fiancee again in cebu soon, good luck to all of us who are still waiting.

[Lars-N-Yenia 8]

I know it's fustrating, ours took 9 1/2 months to get approved from the time I sent the 1-130 off at the post office (I even overnighted it...what a waste!!)...good luck

[john & jean 37]

HELLO; HAVE THE USC GET THE CONGRESSMAN INVOLVED. WE DID AND GOT APPROVED TWO WEEKS LATER. HOWEVER THEY WILL NOT BE ABLE TO DO MUCH WHEN IT GETS TO THE EMBASSY.

GOOD LUCK & GOD BLESS

john

[msnoob 3]

I'm in the same boat. My NOA for my I129 is also March 25th. It was also touched on 5/7 and 5/8. And it is still pending. This waiting really sucks. I guess I'm lucky that I visited my husband for a week in May, a long weekend in Sept and I'm going for another week in Oct. But what we really want is to come home to each other every night.

I wrote my congresswoman and that letter sat in her office for a month. I had to call twice to get them to send the request to Vermont. We'll see if that helps at all... but I am doubtful.

Good Luck and hang in there!!

[sasha414 0]

hang in there guys. i know its not easy, trust me, it will drive anybody nuts but you need to stay positive. im praying for all of you.

[rue2you 0]

It's October now and we are closer to 8 mos from filling our 1-130 and still case PENDING. It's so frustrating and depressing that until now we haven't receive our NOA2 yet. Soooo... unfair while we see others filed April, May, June got approved already without expedite. Wonder how Vermont approve everyone's case, I'd like to believe now they approving it at RANDOM not by FIFO -first in first out. And here we are, the waiting continues like eternity. How long can we stay apart from our spouses, ohhh, sick & tired here to just talk in the computer everyday, I hate the waiting....It's about time, VSC PLSSS APPROVE US & those that have been waiting for long time. :crying:

Sent : 1-130 - Feb 19 - NOA1 Recieved Feb 29, 2008 touched 4/17/2008..nothing fallows

1-129F - Mar 22 - NOA1 Recieved Mar 25,2008 touched 5/7, 5/8 ....nothing fallows

Case Status : PENDING

I was approved at 216 days. You should be right around the corner!! Keep you head up, I know your frustration. NO FUN!!

Edited October 3, 2008 by rue2you

[Morning Sunshine 0]

It's October now and we are closer to 8 mos from filling our 1-130 and still case PENDING. It's so frustrating and depressing that until now we haven't receive our NOA2 yet. Soooo... unfair while we see others filed April, May, June got approved already without expedite. Wonder how Vermont approve everyone's case, I'd like to believe now they approving it at RANDOM not by FIFO -first in first out. And here we are, the waiting continues like eternity. How long can we stay apart from our spouses, ohhh, sick & tired here to just talk in the computer everyday, I hate the waiting....It's about time, VSC PLSSS APPROVE US & those that have been waiting for long time. :crying:

Sent : 1-130 - Feb 19 - NOA1 Recieved Feb 29, 2008 touched 4/17/2008..nothing fallows

1-129F - Mar 22 - NOA1 Recieved Mar 25,2008 touched 5/7, 5/8 ....nothing fallows

Case Status : PENDING

same here, i have been waiting since i filed my I 129f in march 18 2008, and i am still waiting for my noa2, i know exactly what you are going thru, all we can do is just pray to god that we receive our petition approval soon. in the mean time, i am planning to visit my fiancee again in cebu soon, good luck to all of us who are still waiting.

I am only 2 months into my waiting and I am already way too tired of waiting! Depressed because I see 7-30 day approvals from CSC and I fear I will be stuck at VSC for years.

Edited October 3, 2008 by ~Dream Love~

[brucelene 1]

It's October now and we are closer to 8 mos from filling our 1-130 and still case PENDING. It's so frustrating and depressing that until now we haven't receive our NOA2 yet. Soooo... unfair while we see others filed April, May, June got approved already without expedite. Wonder how Vermont approve everyone's case, I'd like to believe now they approving it at RANDOM not by FIFO -first in first out. And here we are, the waiting continues like eternity. How long can we stay apart from our spouses, ohhh, sick & tired here to just talk in the computer everyday, I hate the waiting....It's about time, VSC PLSSS APPROVE US & those that have been waiting for long time. :crying:

Sent : 1-130 - Feb 19 - NOA1 Recieved Feb 29, 2008 touched 4/17/2008..nothing fallows

1-129F - Mar 22 - NOA1 Recieved Mar 25,2008 touched 5/7, 5/8 ....nothing fallows

Case Status : PENDING

Yes its true, its very frustrating. And really hard to be apart from our husband or wife.

I have 4 neighbor friends who just applied K3 and K1, just this April 2008, and they're lucky got APPROVED

and INTERVIEW will be on Oct. 20, 2008, while im still here hanging and waiting for so long

It's been 1 year, 2 months and 15 days of waiting for our Approval. We've already wrote letters to the Arkansas Congressman and Senator and also to the US President begging to help us get approval, but still the same no actions.

We really dont know why they take us so long to get us approve. dont know what's their reason. But still

we're POSITIVE that one of this days, week we will get our aprroval like GOGO did.

We're always praying that may the LORD JESUS CHRIST hear our prayers and NOVENAS. And wish

all of us 2007 FILERS get our approval so soon coz we deserve to get APPROVAL and be with our love one by this time instead. Wish the USCIS will realize how long we sacrifice from being apart with our husband or wife. And hope they will realize and bare in their minds that they should give approval for the 2007 FILERS before giving approval for the 2008 FILERS . Well, for everybody us here, Good luck and God Bless...

Heres my journey:

JANUARY 2005 met in MFB site

01-20-2005 officially bf and gf

06-12-2007 got Married in Philippines

Service center: CSC

07-18-2007 I-130 sent

08-08-2007 I-130 NOA1

09-13-2007 touched

09-17-2007 touched

03-14-2008 touched

04-01-2008 touched

04-02-2008 touched

04-18-2008 touched

04-20-2008 touched

05-16-2008 touched

05-18-2008 touched

07-09-2008 touched

09-18-2008 touched

09-19-2008 touched

08-27-2007 I-129F sent09-04-2007 I-129F NOA1

09-14-2007 touched

04-23-2008 touched

04-24-2008 touched

08-27-2008 touched

NOTE: everytime we called we got touched. We hope no more touches but APPROVAL this time.

[notime4haterz 0]

I know how you feel...it's tiring, consuming, expensive, and overall just too much for anyone to handle... but we get through it.

I tell my husband, "Well, we get to stay newlyweds for a really long time" LOL

[gogo 6]

just tell yourself : "Is it worth it?", If it is, then you can wait forever.. just look at us.. I'm not going to give up until we are together.. if they want to fight, I'll bring the fight to them..

[Morning Sunshine 0]

It's October now and we are closer to 8 mos from filling our 1-130 and still case PENDING. It's so frustrating and depressing that until now we haven't receive our NOA2 yet. Soooo... unfair while we see others filed April, May, June got approved already without expedite. Wonder how Vermont approve everyone's case, I'd like to believe now they approving it at RANDOM not by FIFO -first in first out. And here we are, the waiting continues like eternity. How long can we stay apart from our spouses, ohhh, sick & tired here to just talk in the computer everyday, I hate the waiting....It's about time, VSC PLSSS APPROVE US & those that have been waiting for long time. :crying:

Sent : 1-130 - Feb 19 - NOA1 Recieved Feb 29, 2008 touched 4/17/2008..nothing fallows

1-129F - Mar 22 - NOA1 Recieved Mar 25,2008 touched 5/7, 5/8 ....nothing fallows

Case Status : PENDING

same here, i have been waiting since i filed my I 129f in march 18 2008, and i am still waiting for my noa2, i know exactly what you are going thru, all we can do is just pray to god that we receive our petition approval soon. in the mean time, i am planning to visit my fiancee again in cebu soon, good luck to all of us who are still waiting.

Replying to How long do we have to live apart from our spouses?=FOREVER=I am fed up with this stupid system and ****** at the idiots at VSC not dishing out early approvals like the folks at CSC. This is totally unfair and harsh treatment. Grrr....

[LuckyDucky 0]

Try to keep positive! I know it's a tough road.

Ironically, when I filed last year Vermont was, on average, processing much, much faster than California. All the "Californians" were complaining about how they were going so slow compared to Vermont.

Not to defend USCIS too much, because I do believe they have a slow process, but first-in, first-out doesn't always apply when you're processing applications. Hopefully they are, at the very least, processing applications in the order in which they come in. But even then, with multiple people looking at applications, some folks are bound to work slower, less efficient, etc. I'm sure some applications might trigger an extensive background check, which would slow you down even more. (As an extreme example, if your name happens to be "bin Laden")

I had a work-related security check and it took the government almost 1 year to process. Hopefully they aren't using the same office to do the checks.

It would be nice if they could somehow streamline the process.

[jenny-n-jean 0]

LAR-N-YENIA

Iam very very glad (you dont knwo how glad) to find some one with a similar case than mine) YOU!! THis is my first tume in this website and i just registered. My husband is peruvian and we got our case approved by USCIS on September 18th. HOW LONG IS MY QUESTION:

How long does it normally take for NVC to receive my information (i've called them with my USCIS receipt number and i can only reach an automated system that says my receipt number is not on file :S)

How long after NVC receives the info do they contact you...any idea? Who gets the info first My husband in Peru or me?

I'm just a little anxious because i dotn knwo where to go to get an idea of the niormal wait time AFTER a case has been approved. PLEASE HELP

What do you mean by "touched and NOA 1 or 2?????

[Karaoke 0]

How do you know you had a work-related background check?

I strongly doubt they back-ground check your references, unless something comes up on the name check...

Try to keep positive! I know it's a tough road.

Ironically, when I filed last year Vermont was, on average, processing much, much faster than California. All the "Californians" were complaining about how they were going so slow compared to Vermont.

Not to defend USCIS too much, because I do believe they have a slow process, but first-in, first-out doesn't always apply when you're processing applications. Hopefully they are, at the very least, processing applications in the order in which they come in. But even then, with multiple people looking at applications, some folks are bound to work slower, less efficient, etc. I'm sure some applications might trigger an extensive background check, which would slow you down even more. (As an extreme example, if your name happens to be "bin Laden")

I had a work-related security check and it took the government almost 1 year to process. Hopefully they aren't using the same office to do the checks.

It would be nice if they could somehow streamline the process.